题目内容
Last month when I was taking part in a US college interview, I was asked, “ what makes you special ? ” In fact I had answered questions likes this many times since I decided to go to college in the US .college paid special attention to different achievement . For example, a person who is very good at math can go to a famous college but also can be a good football player .
This experience made me think again that I must try to find where my own interests might lead me . To be honest, it was not easy . However, I never felt sorry to choose this way because it helped me understand myself . If I took the College Entrance Examination,as we call it gaokao in China, it could never possibly do .
When I entered high school, I took gaokao seriously because it seemed to me a great way to show how good at my lessons . However,as I grew older, I realized gaokao did make me work hard at my lessons, but the pressure also pushed many other activities out of my life, like guitar―playing . Although I had no time for it, I will still get to it in the future .
No doubt, gaokao provides a way of choosing those who are successful in their studies . But it is really important for all of us to rethink what “ talent ” really is today . This is because we now live in a world in which all of our other human qualities ( 品质）are needed for success, not just the high grade .
Ken Robinson once said, “ the society depends on different kinds of talents . ” However, gaokao pays too attention to a person’s grades but little to his other qualities. And it is these qualities that makes life colorful and fun .
As high school students, we can not change the present situation of eduction, but we are always free to think outside of the box . Although good school grade is still useful, I hope one day we will see our education also welcomes the amazing possibilities in different people .
1.The US College pay special attention to ________.
A．students’family background .
B．the different achievement
C．students’ideas about way of life .
D．the school a student is from .
2.When at high school, the writer ________.
A．had a lot of activities .
B．did not work hard at her lessons .
C．did well in gaokao
D．had no time to play the guitar .
3.From the passage, we know that the writer may ________.
A．go to college in America .
B．give up the US college interview .
C．become a good football player in the US.
D．change the present situation of eduction .
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A. My school life abroad. B. Different exams in the US.
C My view on gaokao D. The importance of school grades
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.C
【解析】
文章的主旨大意:文章讲述了作者参加美国大学的面试，从而引发了作者对自己真正兴趣的思考和对中国高考问题的思考。
1.由In fact I had answered questions likes this many times since I decided to go to college in the US .college paid special attention to different achievement .可知。
2.由but the pressure also pushed many other activities out of my life, like guitar―playing .可知。
3.由since I decided to go to college in the US .college paid special attention to different achievement .和作者对中国高考的评价可推知。
4.因为文章主要谈及的问题是作者对高考的评价，C答案符合题意。
A funny thing happened to my sister Tina last month. She lives in Japan and teaches English. In Japan, people don’t usually wear their outdoor shoes in the house or in school, and a lot of buildings have places for shoes. So her school ahs a special place for shoes. 【小题1】
Tina teaches English in the evening. One Friday, she went to school, and she put her shoes in the shoe box—as usual. Then she had an interesting spoken English class with her students. 【小题2】 But to her surprise, her shoes weren’t in the box. There was only one pair of those there, and they weren’t her hoes! She had to get home in a hurry. 【小题3】
On Monday, at her next English class, her shoes were in a shopping bag on her desk! There was a note that said, “I’m so sorry. I took your shoes by mistake!” 【小题4】 Somebody felt a lot of shame!
| It’s a shoe box. Tina is my sister. So she put on the shoes and left. After class she got ready to leave. But there was no name on the note. |
阅读下列材料，从方框中选出正确选项，使短文通顺，内容完整。
Tim was reading a book at home. Someone knocked on the door. He opened the door. 1 .
“My name is Rebecca,” said the lady. “You’ve got to help me!”
“Take it easy, ” 2 . “What happened?”
“My grandma died last month. She left all her money, about $1,000,000 to me. She told me she had saved the money in a bank. 3 .”
“But yesterday when I went to the bank, I only got an envelope（信封）with nothing in it.
4 !”
Rebecca took the envelope out of her handbag and gave it to Tim.
Tim looked at it carefully under the light. It was just an envelope with two old stamps on it.
5 .
“Don’t worry, Rebecca,” he said. “Your money is still here.”
| A. Tim gave her a cup of tea B. He thought for a while and smiled C. It was a worried young lady D. The money is gone E. I could go to get it after her death |
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。
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come true, lucky, shark, sleepy, towards |
1.Take some rest after lunch and you won’t feel ________in the afternoon.
2.When the child saw her parents waiting at the school gate, she ran ________ them.
3.After years of planning, my dream of the European tour ________ last month .
4.To protect________, scientists suggest the people stop fishing in some parts of the ocean.
5.This morning I was two minutes late for the train, but ________, I didn’t miss it as the train was late, too .